Did a change in sensory control of skilled movements stimulate the evolution of the primate frontal cortex?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-41

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution of brain; Evolution of reaching; Olfaction and skilled reaching; Primate reaching; Rodent reaching; Rodent skilled movements; Sensory control; Skilled reaching; Vision and skilled reaching

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; EVOLUTION; FOOD HANDLING; FRONTAL CORTEX; LIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SMELLING; VISION;

EID: 0344394181     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.027     Document Type: Review

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